Geekhouse Bikes

October 13, 2009 @ 9:56 pm

I’ve been saving up some money over the past few weeks to buy a very nice new bike. I guess I could always go the cheaper route and pick up a frame from BikesDirect, but I figured I’d want to spend some real money and get a frame that I’ll really love and kind of show off to other people. I’m thinking of getting something that stands out in a non-extreme sort of way (meaning, not particularly flashy with the colors), but still makes people turn their heads if they were really paying attention.

I’m not 100% sure that Geekhouse Bikes fits this bill, but I’m going to keep them in mind when I make a final decision because I really like their history, their aesthetic to bike building, and the fact that they reign from Boston (one of my favorite cities).

Check out this video below of owner Marty Walsh building a custom bike frame.

Geekhouse Movie from Geekhouse Bikes on Vimeo.

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Four new Penny designs to go into circulation in 2009

September 25, 2008 @ 3:19 pm

To celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first Penny, the United States Mint unveiled 4 new backside designs for the Penny. The 4 new designs indicate important moments in Lincoln’s life, beginning with his birth in a log cabin, his education in Indiana, his political life in Illinois, and finally his inauguration underneath the unfinished US Capitol building.

This is the first time any sort of change has come to the Penny in over 50 years. The four different designs will be rolled out in 3-month periods throughout 2009. Look out for them, collect them, and then spend them!

If you ask me though, I think its time to get rid of the idea of a 1-cent coin altogether. Does anybody actually like carrying a couple of cents around? I sure don’t.

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